Following an investigation into the breach of the protected health information of 14,000 individuals, the U.S. Health and Human Services and the Office of Civil Rights announced a $40,000 settlement with Green Ridge Behavioral Health, which provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management and psychotherapy. WHY IT MATTERS The Maryland-based practice reported in February 2019 that its
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center released a bulletin on Monday following a February 21 cyberattack on Change Healthcare, resulting in widespread payment processing outages. WHY IT MATTERS Health-ISAC said in a threat intelligence bulletin Monday, that based on information published by intelligence firm RedSense, Change Healthcare and other organizations were breached through the ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerabilities
Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network is an academic health system based in eastern Wisconsin. It embarked on a journey to foster disruptive innovations by establishing Inception Health as an independent vehicle to drive innovation and digital transformation, focusing on digital health technology. Artificial intelligence is at the heart of some of its
Largest ever monetary criminal penalty in food safety matter Family Dollar Stores LLC pleaded guilty Monday to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under unsanitary conditions related to a rodent infestation at the company’s West Memphis, AR, distribution center. At the same time, criminal information unsealed in federal court in Little Rock, AR, charged Family Dollar
Outcomes from a workshop have shown that people don’t want diverging food safety standards between nations in the United Kingdom, according to research published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Reasons given for these views include thinking it would mean additional complications for businesses and consumers, impact trade, and lead to mistakes in food production
Norovirus, the highly contagious illness that causes vomiting and diarrhea, has surged in the Northeast region of the United States in the past few weeks, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC statistics show that food is the most common transmission vehicle for noroviruses. While surveillance data show
The Belgian food agency officers have investigated more than 450 complaints about websites or social media profiles selling food in the past two years. Inspectors at the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) found that, in most cases, the seller was not registered. Authorization from the agency is required as people
Nestle recently announced its FY2023 full year financial results, reporting a -1.5% year-on-year decrease in sales to CHF93bn (US$) but an increase of 17.3% in underlying trade operating profits to CHF16.1bn (US$).In the firm’s financial results press conference which FoodNavigator-Asia attended, Nestle CFO Francois-Xavier Roger highlighted that overall organic growth for the company has been
The group’s annual temperature check of the industry found that almost all who took part had experienced a rise in costs over the past 12 months, with the top increases attributed to energy bills (30%), labour costs (25%) and raw materials (23%).In an effort to mitigate these costs, a majority of respondents said they have
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